Using Degree of Natural Regeneration Potential to Guide Selection of Plant Community Restoration Approaches at a Restoration Site

Tein McDonald; Robin Chazdon; Karel Prach; Nigel Tucker; Ramesh Venkataraman; Laura Graham; Tony Rinaudo; Kenichi Shono; David Polster; Damien Cook

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-25412-3_7

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Using Degree of Natural Regeneration Potential to Guide Selection of Plant Community Restoration Approaches at a Restoration Site

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Using Degree of Natural Regeneration Potential to Guide Selection of Plant Community Restoration Approaches at a Restoration Site

Tein McDonald, Robin Chazdon, Karel Prach, Nigel Tucker, Ramesh Venkataraman, Laura Graham, Tony Rinaudo, Kenichi Shono, David Polster and Damien Cook

Ecological Restoration: Moving Forward Using Lessons Learned, pp.241-285

Springer Nature

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-25412-3_7

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This chapter draws on global case study literature and eight case studies (from seven continents) to argue the benefits of adopting a resilience-based approach to plant community restoration site assessment and treatment prescription. We propose that identifying a range of restoration ‘approaches’ to returning plant species to a site (involving levels of natural regeneration and/or levels of reintroduction) can help practitioners better match their interventions to the site’s degree of degradation. The chapter’s literature review and case studies show that (i) high biodiversity outcomes can be achieved, often at lower cost, in cases where natural regeneration potential persists and is harnessed and that (ii) resilience assessment will help refine understanding about what species are missing and guide effective and efficient strategies for reintroduction on sites where resilience is fully or partially depleted.

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Title: Using Degree of Natural Regeneration Potential to Guide Selection of Plant Community Restoration Approaches at a Restoration Site
Authors: Tein McDonald (Author)
Robin Chazdon (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Tropical Forests & People Research Centre
Karel Prach (Author) - University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Nigel Tucker (Author) - James Cook University
Ramesh Venkataraman (Author) - Junglescapes Charitable Trust (Bengaluru, India)
Laura Graham (Author) - Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation
Tony Rinaudo (Author) - Vision Australia
Kenichi Shono (Author) - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
David Polster (Author) - Polster Environmental Services Ltd., (Canada)
Damien Cook (Author) - Wetland Revival Trust (Fryerstown, Australia)
Contributors: Singharayer Florentine (Editor) - Federation University
Paul Gibson-Roy (Editor)
Kingsley Wayne Dixon (Editor) - Curtin University
Linda Boradhurst (Editor) - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Publication details: Ecological Restoration: Moving Forward Using Lessons Learned, pp.241-285
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25412-3_7; 10.1007/978-3-031-25412-3
ISBN: 9783031254123
Organisation Unit: Forest Research Institute; Tropical Forests & People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99735296602621
Output Type: Book chapter

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